لله في الكون عهدٌ قد جرى ومضى

لله في الكون عهدٌ قد جرى ومضى

فانظر لعهدٍ بنسج الكون معهود

فانظر لعهدٍ بنسج الكون معهود

God has a covenant in the cosmos that has run its course and passed.

God has a covenant with the universe fulfilled and past

So behold a covenant familiar in the weave of the cosmos.

So look to a covenant with the weaving of the cosmos familiar

تنمى لآل عليٍّ وقد

تنمى لآل عليٍّ وقد

ثريد إمرار دهرٍ غير محسود

ثريد إمرار دهرٍ غير محسود

You are ascribed to the family of Ali, and already...

It grows for the family of Ali though

Broth-soaked bread of the passing of an unenviable age.

The passing of an age of envy continues unabated

هذا لعمرك أمرٌ شأنه عجبٌ

هذا لعمرك أمرٌ شأنه عجبٌ

أردت ابراز موجودٍ بمفقود

أردت ابراز موجودٍ بمفقود

This, by your life, is a matter whose nature is a marvel.

By your life this is a wondrous matter indeed

You sought to bring forth something present by means of something absent.

You wanted to reveal existence through absence